Species Subcorticoccus murrindindi Gullan, 1999

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• Subcorticoccus murrindindi Gullan, P.J. 1999. A new genus of subcortical coccoids (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) on Eucalyptus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 57(2): 241-250 [246].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC Adult ♀, AUSTRALIAUSTRALIA: Victoria, 10.5 km NE of Toolangi, near Murrindindi River, off Murrindindi Road.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus regnans [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Gullan, P.J., 1999) [242] (female; key to adult females of Subcorticoccus)

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration by Gullan, P.J. 1999. A new genus of subcortical coccoids (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) on Eucalyptus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 57(2): 241–250.

SYSTEMATICS

Subcorticoccus murrindindi can be distinguished from other species of Subcorticoccus by the following features: antennae usually 7 (rarely 6) segmented, legs of typical form but reduced in size, quinquelocular pores densely scattered around margins of entire body (see Gullan, P.J. 1999. A new genus of subcortical coccoids (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) on Eucalyptus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 57(2): 241–250).

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